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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172M · Hemlock, MI · May 18, 1987

Date
May 18, 1987 · 18:30 local
Place
Hemlock, MI
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N75590
Reported as
Cessna 172M
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
500 total500 in this make and model90 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The aircraft made an emergency landing in a hay field after electrical failure. Faulty voltage regulator.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A HAY FIELD AFTER ELECTRICAL FAILURE. FAULTY VOLTAGE REGULATOR.